They send a "flying brain" to the space station

CIMON a robot with artificial intelligence and balloon form, nicknamed "19459004" flying brain & nbsp; and trained to interact with a German astronaut, took off this Friday to the International Space Station (EEI) aboard the ship Dragon, SpaceX company

A free hand for the robotic arm of the station an experiment to measure plant stress in space and a study of a new cancer treatment are also taking place in the Falcon 9, which took off at 5:42 am from Florida from Cape Canaveral, in the SpaceX's Fifteenth Supply Mission

A key piece of equipment bearing the Dragon is a basketball-sized device called CIMON – Mobile Team Assisted by Jaumann-Interactive . of his Bricante, Airbus – christened "flying brain". Its activation will be "a historic moment" as it will be the first robot of its kind to interact with people in space, said Christian Karrasch of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on Thursday.

CIMON trained to recognize the voice and face of Alexander Gerst, a 42-year-old geophysicist at the European Space Agency. Floating in the eyes of astronauts, CIMON can detect with his front camera if the person in front of him is really Gerst or someone else. It was also designed to interpret the emotional state of Gerst.

Although the six crew members could speak to CIMON – who is designed to communicate in English – he was trained to work better with Gerst. The main objective of this flight will be to demonstrate if this technology works, since the robot must be able to guide Gerst in several procedures.

CIMON is equipped with a microphone in the back, an infrared camera at the front, two batteries and an 'offline' button. or & # 39; offline & # 39 ;: once enabled, Gerst can be sure that nothing it says is transferred to the IBM server on Earth.

A project to measure water stress in terrestrial plants and how certain regions can respond to climate change is also on the agenda. The Dragon capsule will remain on the ISS until August, when it will return to Earth with more than 1,700 kilograms of research equipment, equipment and supplies for the crew, the report said. NASA.

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